Sash frame



' v UCL 4 1927f A.V L. IIDOERING sAsH FRAME Filed Jan. 19.. 192s 2 sheetsf'sheer 1 FIG. I

" Oct' 4 1927' lA. l.. DoERlNG SASH FRAM E Filed .Jan.;19. 192s I 2 sheets-sheet 2 Haal/ Ff Il HA L l I l l l I FIG, Vfl.- 20

Patented Get. 4, 1927.

Uirr s'r attrae r i c a ALBERT I IDSAY DQERING, OF GERMANTOWN,' PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR T J'. S. THORN COMPANY, OF PHILADELPEIA, EENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION F PENN-- SYLVANIA..

SASH FRAME.

Application fiied ianuary 19, leas. serial No. 613,664.

My invention is particularly applicable to metallic frames in which the sashes are tiltable upon horizontal pivots and used as ventilators. Such frames Aare provided with members termed weathering sections which are in fact channels so disposed as to shed r'ain'which otherwise might iind access between the relatively movable members of the frame. j v

As heretofore constructed; the pivots of such sashes extend through holes punched in flat hinge plates, at right angles to the plane `of the latter, which plates extend from the respective weathering sections parallel .and in contact with each other in planes at right angles to the plane of the glass in the sash frame. That is to say; such ordinaryy construction, at each joint, includes a tiltable muntin bar, member ofthe sash which is to be tiltedya stationary muntin, member of the stationary framer inv which said sash tilts, and a pair of plane hinge plates respectively rigidly connected to said tiltable j and stationary muntin bars and projecting extensively from the sash frame in a plane transverse to the axis upon which the sash tilts.

Such sash frames have been found` ob `jectionable 'because when stacked for `transportation, the weight of the frames and stresses to which they are Ysubjected, are concentrated upon said projecting plane "hinge plates; so that the effect of transportation, or even of ordinary handling incident to building construction, `1s to so far deform such ordinary hinge members,

`Yrelatively to-vtheir respective sash frames,A that they must be repaired before they canbe used.

Therefoi'e, the principalV object and e'ect of my present inventionare to avoid the use of such projecting planev hinge members;

substitute for theA same tubular hingebearings which are rigidly connected in unitary and close relation with the respective sash frame weathering, sections, and thus render the construction more rigid and compact and avoid the deformation andv damages and costly repairswhich are necessitated yby the use of the ordinary construction aforesaid.v

invention includes the various novel features of construction and arrangement hereinafter more denitely specified. l

In said drawings; Fig. I is a fragmentary' `edge elevation o f a sash frame .embodying my invention; the outer faceof said yframe being at the left hand side of lsaid figure'.

Fig. II is a fragmentary horizontalsectional view of a portion of saidsash frame, taken on the lineII, II in Figs. I and III. Fig.- III is an `interior elevation of the frame members shown in section inFigII. Fig. IV isy a fragmentary edge .elevation of a sash frame, similar to Fig. I, but show-` ing a modified form of my. invention. j

Fig. V is a fragmentary horizontal sectional view of a portion of said sash frame shown in Fig. IV; ltaken on` the vline .VAT in rigs. iv and vi.V

Fig. VI'nis anfinteriorelevation ofthe frame members shown in section inFig. f

4 v Fig. VII is a vertical sectional viewy similar to Fig. I, but showing the entire window structure. y

In' said igures; .the-stationary sash frame l includes the vertical muntinybar4 Zand frames the plate of glass k3 securedtherein,y by the putty or other `cement 4a Thetiltable sash includes the :vertical muntin bar?,

which is precisely vlilesaid bar 2,4and'1forms a frame for the plate of glass 8 which vis vsecured therein by the putty orv other cement 9. The two weathering sections-10,'.joneof which is'shown in section and the 'otherfin-f dicated inelevation in- Fig. II,.a re preciselyalike but `oppositely disposed, as indicated in Fig. III: i SaidsectionslO ar'erespectively rigidly lconnected'with said muntinbars 2 and 7, conveniently by the rivets .12 andflx indicatedin Figs. I and III. 1 ,A i;

.Each oflsaid weathering sections 'lOfis normally of the configuration shown'in cross-k section in Fig. II, to wit, Yitiis a channel bar having parallelV flanges connected by a web.y in unitary relation therewith, but said flanges are of diiierent widths; *the narrow ange `15v extending between said lmuntin` bars. 2 and 7 to cover the inter'stice between'them, and the' wider flangev 16 overlapping fthemuntin bar 2 to which it is notpattached', so vthat each of said `weathering strips overlaps two joints between the relatively movable members of the frame.

In accordance withnmy'inventiom such# weathering sections l() are cut and bent at their ends to the cylindrical tubular configuration shown, so as to form from the metal of the wider flange 16 thereof; ai tubular vf hinge bearing 17 extending parallel to the normal plane of the frame, i. e., parallel with the common plane of said glass panels 3 and; so that when similar weathering sections 10 are disposed in opposite relation as shown, a pintle 18 may be fitted through the axially alined openings 19 therein. I find it convenient to form said pintle as a rivet having heads 20, at its opposite ends,

vrespectively bearing upon the respective weathering sections 10 which it thus pivotal- 1y connects and holds together in the operative assembled relation shown.

It may be observed that the construction and arrangement above described are such that said weathering sections 10 not only perform the function of sealing the joints between the relatively movable members of the sash frame, but also serve as hinge members without the addition of any other elements.

In the form of my invention shown in Figs. I to IIlI inclusive; the ends 21 of Said sections 1.0 are first bent outwardly at 23 and then curled inwardly toward the frame. to form the respective tubular hinge'bearings 17; so that said cut ends 21 are not visible at the inner face of the sash frame but are concealed. Therefore, I consider that construction and arrangement preferable. However, it is simpler and less difficult to bend the cut ends of said weathering sections 10 in the opposite'direction, as in the form of my invention shown in Figs. IV to VI inclusive;

wherein the cut ends 25 are merely curled outwardly so that the cut ends are visible at the inner side of the frame.V However, that construction and arrangement avoid the necessity of bending said sections at V23 as in the other construction and arrangement aforesaid.

f As shown in Figs. I and IV; the stationary portion of lthe sash frame isset in a sill formed of bars 26, 27 and 28, the latter voverlapping' the building wall 29; said bars being/assembled so as to shed water away from the sash frame and said wallv and afford a neatv a pearance. As shown in said Figs. II and I the tiltable part of said sash frame is provided with the top rail 31. having the flanges 32 and 34 fitting against the stationary sash rail formed by the two bars 35 and 36, which are assembled in rigid relation; said bar 36 having the drip flange 37 overhanging the flange 32 on the sash frame vso as to shed water away from the latter. However, sash frames embodying my invention may be otherwise constructed and arranged. v

Therefore, I do not desire to limit myself to the prccisedetails of construction and arrangement herein set forth as it is obvious that various modifications may be made therein without departing from the essential Vfeatures of my invention, as defined in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A pivotal sash mounting comprising a wrought metal channel bar, having a plane web, provided with means for attaching it to a muntin bar, and two plane flanges extending at right anglesto said web, one of said flanges being wider than the'other, and a cylindricalV tubular pintle bearing formed of the metal of said wider flange, curled outwardly, with the axis of said bearing paral lel with the planes of said flanges and at right angles to the plane of said web; said bearing being of less axial extent than said wider flange and flush with the free edge'of the latter. s

2. A pivotal sash mounting 'comprising two counterpart interchangeable sections each constructed and arranged as described in claim 1; the pintle bearings being axially alined, withy the free edges ofthe flanges upon which they are formed `respectively turned outwardly vin opposite directions; and a pintle extending -through said bearings and hingedly connecting them; said pintle being permanently retained in said bearings by means atthe opposite ends of said pintlek and carried by the latter; wherebyv said channel bars extend in parallel, but relatively olf set, relation with respect to each other, from said pintle, with the narrower flangesthereof' forming a continuous, plane, weathering surface.

3. A pivotal sash mounting including two interchangeable sections which are precisely alike and each comprising a channel bar hav-v ing flanges of respectively different widths,

.respectively adapted to serveas weathering strips respectively at the side edge of 'the sash and the iframe in which it is mounted;

each of said bars Ahaving its wider flangev curled to form a cylindricalftubular' pintle bearing in unitary relation therewith; and a pintle arranged asv arivet Vextending through said bearings with its axis parallel with the general planeof the sash and holding said bearings in coaxial relation and arranged to present said flanges upon the respective bars in plane alinement to form continuous plane weathering surfaces and with their ends abutting adjoining said pintle.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name at Philadelphia, Pennsyl Vania, this 16th day of December, 1922.

ALBERT LINDSAY DOERING.. 

